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Lawsuit: Psychiatric Drug Cocktail Was Fatal

Posted on May 22, 2009
The mother of a 12-year-old boy who died of a rare condition while living at a Florida group home has filed a lawsuit accusing the facility and psychiatrist of prescribing a fatal cocktail of drugs. According to the lawsuit, the Rainbow Ranch group home and Dr...

Amputee Settles Suit Against Hospital

Posted on May 21, 2009
A Florida woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after giving birth in an Orlando maternity ward has settled her lawsuit against the hospital. According to the lawsuit, doctors tried to discharge Claudia Mejia Edwards despite evidence of a rash, fever, chills and other symptoms...

Family of Nurse Killed in Helicopter Crash Files Lawsuit

Posted on May 21, 2009
Attorneys filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of the children of a flight nurse killed in a helicopter crash outside Indianapolis last year. The lawsuit seeks damages against Rolls-Royce, the helicopter’s engine maker; Decatur County REMC, the utility responsible for maintaining power lines in the area; Rushville Memorial Hospital, which dispatched the helicopter; and [...

Lawsuit Claims Doctors Performed Unneeded Surgeries

Posted on May 21, 2009
Two Long Island doctors have been named in a lawsuit for allegedly performing unneeded spinal cord and brain operations on one of their patients. According to the lawsuit filed Monday, Drs. Thomas Milhorat and Paolo Bolognese knowingly operated on the patient for conditions she did not have, leaving her in constant pain and unable to [...

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Jury to Weigh Insurance Rescission Case

Posted on May 21, 2009
A California jury is scheduled to hear opening arguments this week in the first case to decide whether an insurer should pay damages for rescinding a policyholder’s coverage. The 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana had previously ruled that the defendant Blue Shield of California could not utilize a ‘wait and see’ strategy [...

Government Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Wyeth

Posted on May 21, 2009
The federal government joined more than a dozens states Monday in a whistleblower lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest drug makers of bilking hundreds of millions of dollars out of Medicaid programs. According to the federal court claims, Wyeth withheld information about steep discounts offered for two versions of the stomach acid suppressant Protonix [...

Calif. High Court Rules on Tobacco Class Action

Posted on May 21, 2009
The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of consumers seeking to recover damages over advertising they claim misled them into buying cigarettes. In a 4-3 decision, the high court found that only a single consumer or small group of consumers is necessary to pursue false advertising claims as a class action...

Family Settles Suit Over Fatal Explosion

Posted on May 14, 2009
The family of a truck driver killed in a 2007 natural gas explosion has settled their lawsuit against the Tacoma foundry where the incident occurred. In the lawsuit, the family claimed that Atlas Castings & Technology was negligent for failing to properly maintain a hose that released a cloud of propane that caught fire...

Family of Paralyzed Painter Files Lawsuit

Posted on May 14, 2009
The sister of a Massachusetts man who suffered paralysis and brain damage while working as a house painter has filed a lawsuit accusing his employer of negligence and failing to have a legally required workers’ compensation policy. According to the lawsuit, M...

Texas Workers? Comp. Bill Passes First Vote

Posted on May 14, 2009
Texas lawmakers on Wednesday tentatively passed a bill that would ease restrictions on injured workers who seek to recover damages from property owners. Under the legislation, worksite owners who purchase workers’ compensation insurance for contract workers would no longer be immune from lawsuit...

Widow of Smoker Awarded Damages

Posted on May 14, 2009
A Florida jury has ordered R.J. Reynolds Tobacco to pay $1.5 million to the widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. In the verdict jurors found that the cigarette maker concealed information about the health effects of its product. Attorneys for R...

Court Green Lights Widow?s Asbestos Suit

Posted on May 12, 2009
The widow of a man who died from mesothelioma can pursue a lawsuit against a company that produced brake parts containing asbestos, a Wisconsin appeals court has ruled. According to the lawsuit the supplier of the linings, FMC Corp., should have warned that exposure to asbestos could be dangerous...

Shipping Firm Ordered to Pay Damages to Injured Worker

Posted on May 12, 2009
A Minnesota jury has ordered a shipping company and others to pay $1.8 million to a former crewmember injured in a 2004 accident in Duluth. After deliberating for about eight hours, jurors found that Indiana Harbor Steamship Co. and its owners were substantially responsible for the worker’s injured knee and resulting complications...

Lawsuit: Turnpike Tolls Illegal

Posted on May 12, 2009
Several hundred motorists have joined a class-action lawsuit against Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the Boston Herald reports. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs claim turnpike tolls amount to an illegal tax because the proceeds fund non-turnpike roads and projects...

Senator Wants Auto-Dialer Inquiry

Posted on May 11, 2009
Turncoat Senator Charles Schumer is seeking a federal inquiry into the use of auto-dialers with recordings stating a vehicle warranty is expiring. The calls are made to both land and cell phone lines, including numbers on the do not call list, and are made to people who do not even own cars...

Jury Acquits Company in Montana Asbestos Case

Posted on May 11, 2009
The jury in a federal case that alleged that W.R. Grace & Co. covered up the dangerous side-effects of asbestos acquitted the company and Henry Eschenbach, Jack Wolter and Robert Bettacchi of all charges. The company operated a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana from 1963 to 1990 and many residents blame it for ongoing asbestos-related [...

Family to Receive $3.1 Million in Drunk-Driving Case

Posted on May 11, 2009
Jurors found that Robert LaBarre was 85% liable in the death of Sheena Marie Villa, a passenger in his car when he crashed while driving drunk. Compensatory damages of $1.1 million were awarded to Villa’s family, along with $2 million in punitive damages...

School Facing Lawsuit After Bullying Death

Posted on May 11, 2009
DeKalb County (GA) Schools are facing a lawsuit brought by the family of an 11-year old boy who hanged himself as a result of constant bullying. The family hopes to use any award to finance the Jaheem Herrera Foundation, whose mission is to stop school bullying...

Heparin Investigated in Deaths

Posted on May 11, 2009
A type of heparin blood thinner sold by Baxter International Inc. in premixed bags is being examined to determine if it played any role in the deaths of two patients and adverse reaction of a third patient. The company said it is cooperating with the U...

Appeals Court Reinstates Judgment Against Insurer

Posted on May 06, 2009
A lower court erred in throwing out a $17 million verdict against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. in a case involving vehicle repairs and aftermarket auto parts, a Missouri appeals court ruled on Tuesday. In 2007, a jury found that the insurer had used low quality parts for vehicle repair claims between 1990 and 2004...

Court Orders New Trial in Ford Police Cruiser Case

Posted on May 06, 2009
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit over an alleged fuel-system defect in Ford police cruisers. In granting a new trial, the high court found that a judge wrongly prevented attorneys for the plaintiffs from introducing evidence of previous gasoline tank explosions in Ford vehicles...

Suit Targets Unwanted Telemarketing Calls

Posted on May 06, 2009
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a lawsuit Tuesday against telemarketers he claims violated state do-not-call laws. According to the Indianapolis Star, Zoeller filed the suit after receiving two unsolicited calls from telemarketers on his personal cell phone...

Judge Orders Assets Frozen in Chimp Attack Case

Posted on May 06, 2009
Attorneys for the family of a Connecticut woman attacked in February by a friend’s chimpanzee have convinced a judge to freeze $10 million of the owner’s assets. Charla Nash suffered traumatic brain injury and the loss of her hands, nose, lips and eyelids after her friend Sandra Herold asked for help getting her pet chimp [...

Family Files Suit Over Fatal Crane Accident

Posted on May 06, 2009
The family of a man crushed to death last year in a Las Vegas Strip construction accident has filed a lawsuit accusing MGM Mirage, its building contractor and a crane company of negligence. In the lawsuit, the family claims a warning horn on the crane that crushed Dustin Tarter did not work properly and that [...

Jury Awards Punitive Damages in Drowning Death

Posted on May 04, 2009
A California jury on Wednesday ordered a Santa Barbara-area athletic club to pay $2.3 million in punitive damages to the family of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in 2005. In deciding the wrongful death suit, jurors found Cathedral Oaks Tennis, Swim and Athletic Club and its staff acted with willful misconduct, malice, deception or fraud...

Substantial Damages Awarded in Med-Mal Case

Posted on May 04, 2009
A Wisconsin family will receive more than $17 million for injuries suffered by their daughter during a spleen removal surgery. According to the medical malpractice lawsuit, the doctor used an unfamiliar blender-like device to perform the procedure, ultimately causing internal bleeding and brain damage...

Judge Orders Tannery to Preserve Documents

Posted on May 04, 2009
A Missouri judge has ordered a tannery not to destroy documents that may be pertinent to a lawsuit accusing the company of spreading contaminated sludge on farmland, the Kansas City Star reports. According to court papers, National Beef Leathers, formerly Prime Tanning, had 80 pallets of documents awaiting shredding...

CDC Named in Suit Over Tuberculosis Scare

Posted on May 04, 2009
An Atlanta attorney at the heart of a 2007 tuberculosis scare has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control claiming invasion of privacy. According to the lawsuit by Andrew Speaker, the CDC unlawfully disclosed his identity, marital status and medical history...

Airline Passengers Exposed to Toxins, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on May 04, 2009
Two Southwest Airlines passengers have filed a lawsuit against the carrier over claims they were exposed to an unknown toxic chemical while traveling from Los Angeles to Nashville. In the lawsuit, sisters Victoria Holsted and Valerie Vaughn allege they now suffer from a variety of serious health problems as a result of exposure to the [...

Attorneys Discuss Legal Implications of Swine Flu Outbreak

Posted on May 04, 2009
Legal experts met Wednesday in Houston to discuss the possible legal implications of a potential swine flu pandemic. According to attorneys on hand, physicians, emergency personnel and even parents have a legal duty to report those suspected of carrying an infectious disease...

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